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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 20.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2007 Dec 15;32(26):E809–E815. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815cd422

Table 5. Disability in Activities of Daily Living According to Presence Versus Absence of Frequent Back Pain Among InCHIANTI Participants Aged 65 Years and Older.

OR (95%CI)

Presence Absence Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Walk 400 m 8.2 6.0 1.5 (0.8–2.6) 0.8 (0.4–1.7) 1.6 (0.6–4.3) 1.4 (0.6–2.9) 1.1 (0.6–2.1)
Shopping 11.1 6.9 1.8 (1.1–3.0) 0.9 (0.4–1.8) 1.9 (0.8–4.5) 1.7 (0.9–3.3) 1.4 (0.8–2.4)
Washing hands and face 2.0 0.5 3.7 (0.9–15) 3.0 (0.5–16) 1.9 (0.3–17) 3.0 (0.4–15) 4.7 (0.5–47)
Laundry 9.5 6.1 2.0 (1.2–3.4) 1.3 (0.7–2.6) 2.0 (0.8–4.6) 2.2 (1.1–4.3) 1.5 (0.9–2.8)
Using public transportation 16.7 11.5 1.6 (1.1–2.6) 0.8 (0.4–2.4) 1.0 (0.6–1.9) 1.4 (0.8–2.3) 1.2 (0.7–1.9)
Climbing/descending stairs 5.6 3.2 2.6 (1.1–4.6) 1.8 (0.7–4.6) 2.7 (0.1–7.1) 2.5 (0.8–7.9) 1.5 (0.7–3.3)
Bathing 10.5 7.1 1.7 (0.9–2.8) 0.9 (0.5–1.9) 1.8 (0.8–4.3) 1.6 (0.8–3.1) 1.5 (0.9–2.7)
Dressing/undressing 4.3 3.0 1.7 (0.8–3.7) 0.9 (0.4–2.5) 0.6 (0.1–6.0) 1.1 (0.3–4.7) 1.2 (0.5–2.9)
Heavy household chores 20.0 11.7 2.2 (1.4–3.3) 1.6 (0.9–2.7) 1.9 (1.1–3.3) 2.3 (1.4–3.7) 1.6 (1.1–2.6)
Cutting toe nails 23.2 15.3 2.0 (1.4–4.0) 1.4 (0.9–2.2) 1.6 (0.9–2.6) 1.9 (1.2–3.0) 1.4 (0.9–2.2)
Carrying shopping bag 21.2 8.7 3.6 (2.3–5.6) 3.0 (1.7–5.1) 3.2 (1.7–5.9) 4.0 (2.3–6.8) 2.5 (1.5–4.1)

Model 1: adjusted for age and sex; Model 2: corrected for age, sex and SPPB; Model 3: corrected for age, sex and speed on 7 m walk bending down; Model 4: corrected for age, sex, and for trunk flexion; Model 5 corrected for age, sex, and for presence of feet–knee–hip pain and CES-D score.